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Examples
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Okay, so what did the lingam say to the sheela-na-gig?
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Okay, so what did the lingam say to the sheela-na-gig?
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McCormack observes that Sheelagh was noted for her tempestuous nature and that a possible archetype for her tradition was the sheela-na-gig, a female icon associated with protection, productivity, and fertility in the Middle Ages, but transmuted into a talisman to fend off the "sin" of lust by the early modern Catholic Church. back
Gutenber-e Help Page 2005
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I think that Starbucks sheela na gig-style logo must have a subconscious effect on you.
6 a.m. Ann Althouse 2007
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As we traveled along, the women would prod me with sticks, and laugh, and say 'Masta Sheela,' (which means white man,) 'Masta sheela very poor now.'
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So I'm a UK guy and I married an aussie sheela and we have been together for 5 years - we had a our first baby 4 months ago - and he is fantastic.
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I suspect She was ignored because She is a splayed hocker sheela female.
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I yelled "sheela, sheela" ( "go away") at them, not realizing they were hungry.
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I yelled "sheela, sheela" ( "go away") at them, not realizing they were hungry.
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No mention was made of what I consider the most important human image found at Göbekli Tepe on the floor of the Löwenpfeilergebäude (lion pillar building) of a birthing, hocker, sheela-na-gig female!
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